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Chemotherapy: Which Medications Are Safest? (636 Drugs Compared)

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636 medications are used for Chemotherapy, with 16,865 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Chemotherapy are CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE and DOCETAXEL.

16,865
Total Reports
636
Drugs Used

All Medications for Chemotherapy Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE Cyclophosphamide 3,372 25,330 45,054 19.7%
DOCETAXEL Docetaxel 2,134 6,068 13,463 9.3%
CARBOPLATIN Carboplatin 1,902 12,544 35,869 14.9%
DOXORUBICIN Doxorubicin Hydrochloride 1,756 15,653 28,630 18.9%
VINCRISTINE VinCRIStine Sulfate 1,743 14,548 26,911 20.1%
PACLITAXEL PACLITAXEL PACLITAXEL 1,425 12,030 31,638 15.6%
OXALIPLATIN Oxaliplatin 1,423 6,501 21,980 11.5%
METHOTREXATE Methotrexate 1,380 21,265 68,793 8.4%
CYTARABINE cytarabine 1,355 9,089 17,861 20.5%
ETOPOSIDE Avopef 1,246 11,780 17,699 22.4%
CISPLATIN CISplatin 958 8,387 17,469 17.7%
RITUXIMAB Rituxan 853 28,910 54,631 16.2%
EPIRUBICIN Ellence 840 2,212 5,603 13.6%
FLUOROURACIL FLUOROURACIL 831 6,997 20,941 13.2%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 788 22,319 51,311 17.8%
CAPECITABINE Capecitabine 677 8,892 17,529 14.0%
PREDNISONE prednisone 675 22,555 57,772 14.2%
GEMCITABINE Gemcitabine 630 5,142 12,268 16.4%
FLUDARABINE Fludarabine Phosphate 478 6,831 6,745 28.9%
IFOSFAMIDE IFEX 429 3,365 5,230 19.8%

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